Tsuchiura Castle
土浦城
| Alternate Name | Kijo |
| Founder | ? |
| Year | early 1600's |
| Type | Flatland |
| Structure | 2 levels, 2 stories (higashi yagura) |
| Condition | Other Buildings |
| Admin's Rating | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| Location | Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Map | Google Map |
| Access | Tsuchiura Station (Joban Line), 15 minute walk |
| Visited | April 29, 2003 |
| Notes | An interesting little castle site. Today the Honmaru and Ninomaru are a public park. |
| History |
It's not definitively known when or by whom this castle was built but it was surely done by one of the lords (Matsudaira, Nishio, Kutsuki) in the first half of the 17th Century. The lands ruled from Tsuchiura Castle grew to their greatest size under the Tsuchiya clan who ruled all but 5 years of the span 1669-1869. This was the second largest area of Hitachi after that of mito. After the Meiji Restoration, the castle was used for the area governmental offices and in 1898 the last Tsuchiya officially donated the castle to the city of Tsuchiura. |
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